I Am Evergreen In the World of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 366: Taking charge (asking for leave on the 25th)

Lu Changan knows the elegant meaning when he hears the sound of strings.

Zhenjun Zixia mentioned that the enemy's suspected pill-forming overhaul was the key to the previous battle at Tengling Mine, and it was also the reason for talking to him.

 Across the world of immortality, Nascent Soul Lord serves as the highest deterrent, and ordinary conflicts of interest will not end easily.

 The order of Daewoo is relatively stable, and there are also such unspoken rules.

 Therefore, in the late stage of Dan formation of the Yuanying sect, they are all important figures who are responsible for their own affairs.

“In a few decades, our sect may be able to survive the lean years.”

“But nowadays, major repairs to the alchemy of our sect are still scarce. Xuefeng Sect mainly handles sect affairs and coordinates internal and external affairs; the ‘Huadu Master’ who was promoted a few years ago also has to sit in the high-level immortal city..."

 Zhenjun Zixia looked worried and stated the current situation.

“Senior Sister Zixia, do you want me or Mr. Diyan to take charge of the Tengling Mine to deal with the troubles in the Ye family?”

Lu Changan thought.

Now that the sect is undergoing a major repair of alchemy, he is the only one who is relatively free.

Furthermore, as a third-level top-grade puppet master, Elder Xiang’s book strength is stronger than the other two alchemy major cultivators.

Zhenjun Zixia nodded and said: "Junior brother Xiang is the best candidate at the moment. Our conversation with you today is mainly for discussion and is by no means forced."

"If Junior Brother Xiang is willing to sit in the mine, our sect will have additional spiritual stones and elixir subsidies, including the sect's contribution. In addition, the third-level fine ore in the Tengling Mine can be used as an excellent puppet refining treasure material, and the sect can receive it every year Enjoy your share…”

 Third-level fine ore?

Hearing this, Lu Changan was also moved. The puppet army he built was in urgent need of team members and good materials.

 This kind of task of being in the fairy city and the industrial base was originally the task agreed upon when he became a guest minister.

Compared to the dangerous and uncontrollable war of cultivating immortals, the task of defending the mine is not risky for him.

 For one thing, it is unlikely that Lord Nascent Soul will end up personally.

With his ability to protect himself, there is no need to worry even if the enemy Nascent Soul does not follow martial ethics.

 Secondly, the Tengling Mine is within the Yunxia Sect’s sphere of influence and is protected by formations and under the care of the sect.

“There is no need for Mr. Diyan to go there. How can you kill a chicken with a bull’s knife?”

 Zhenjun Zixia added.

“Diyan Lord is a transformed holy beast. If he goes there, he may escalate the matter, break the unspoken rules, and attract the Ye family’s Nascent Soul True Lord.”

Hearing this, Lu Changan nodded slightly. Zhenjun Zixia had considered it carefully and he was indeed the best candidate.

“Sister Zixia, don’t worry, Xiang will take good care of Tengling Mine and safeguard the interests of our sect.”

 Lu Changan responded to this matter.

“With Junior Brother Xiang’s words, I can practice with peace of mind, cultivate my magical powers, and strengthen my magic weapons.”

The Purple Cloud Fairy smiled, making the flowers dim, and the beauty was regrettable in the world.

Lu Changan noticed that the cultivation level of Zhenjun Zixia was approaching the peak of the early Yuanying stage.

After the death of True Lord Yunlan, True Lord Zixia can mobilize more resources in the sect.

 At the moment, her goal is to become a veteran Nascent Soul monk.

 If you want to reach this standard, you must either improve your cultivation level and reach the peak of the early stage of Yuanying, so that your magic power will be stronger.

 Either improve magical powers, magic weapons, and have corresponding strength.

Even if they are both in the early stage of Nascent Soul, the gap in strength between them is not small.

For example, between a three- to four-hundred-year-old Nascent Soul True Monarch and a seven- to eight-hundred-year-old Nascent Soul Monster, the latter often has a deeper foundation and stronger supernatural powers.

 “I wish my senior sister to achieve great success in her magical power as soon as possible.”

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lu Changan asked to leave.

With a smile on her face, Fairy Zixia was elegant and polite. She personally sent Lu Changan outside the cave as if she were a distinguished guest.

 …

Without further ado, Lu Changan set off the next day.

 Before leaving, he went to the underground palace of the fourth-level spiritual veins and explained some matters to Lord Diyan.

 After yesterday’s conversation, Lu Changan understood the subtlety of Zixia Zhenjun’s arrangement this time.

 Elder Xiang sits in Tengling Mine and makes the best use of everything.

Diyanjun guards the mountain gate like a needle that fixes the sea.

In this way, Fairy Zixia can safely improve her strength and occasionally go out to purchase and trade in Dayu Kingdom.

There is another obscure point.

Since Lu Changan is not in the sect, Zixia Zhenjun can spend time with Earth Rock Rat and cultivate their relationship alone.

 Lu Changan secretly sighed, as a Jurchen Jun who was hundreds of years old and in charge of a large sect, it was impossible for her to be pure and innocent, and also have strategies and plans.

In this world, a truly magnificent woman is by no means stupid and sweet, because wisdom is also part of the charm.

 Half a day later.

Lu Changan took the sect’s flying boat and arrived at the edge of Yunxia Sect’s influence.

Besides Lu Changan, there was also a real elixir monk, three fake elixir monks, and a dozen foundation-building monks on the flying boat.

“Elder Xiang, below is the Tengling Mine.”

At the beginning of Zhendan's journey, she was a dignified and beautiful female cultivator in green clothes, with the Taoist name "Xiuyu Zhenren".

Zhenren Xiuyu is the female disciple of Zhenjun Zixia, who came to assist Lu Changan.

Following her guidance, a low hilly area came into view.

 From a distance, it looks gloomy and there is no majestic and magnificent landscape.

 It is this mountain mine that has created huge profits for the Yunxia Sect.

The sect's headquarters in Tengling Mine is surrounded by a castle and a market. In addition to the sect's disciples, there are also members of the Tie family lineage.

 The hinterland of the mountains is the forbidden area of ​​the sect.

There is a green bamboo forest there, mostly second-order spiritual bamboos.

There are eight third-order spiritual bamboos as the base of the formation. Together with numerous second-order spiritual bamboos, they form a large wood spirit formation that gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This formation is not only a gathering of spirits, but also a phantom formation and a defensive effect.

“With the help of the Wood Spirit Formation, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here can reach the level of third-order mid-grade spiritual veins. Fortunately, the wood spiritual energy is acceptable, and with the subsidized pills and spirit stones, it does not affect the practice.”

Lu Changan's eyes fell on the center of the bamboo forest formation.

There is a separate bamboo and wooden pavilion there, made of second-order high-grade spiritual bamboo. There is a small courtyard in the front and a garden in the back.

It covers an area of ​​several acres in total, and is equipped with alchemy rooms, refining rooms, etc.

 “Yinzhu Pavilion.”

This bamboo and wooden pavilion is where the guardian of Tengling Mine is located. There are three words engraved on the plaque.

 On the outskirts of the bamboo forest, there are also some scattered bamboo buildings, where other alchemy monks, including fake alchemy masters, live.

 …

“Elder Xiang, Master Xiuyu, you two arrived in time, Yuan can finally breathe a sigh of relief.”

In Yinzhu Pavilion, an old man wearing brown robes came out. He was in the middle stage of alchemy cultivation. He was seriously injured and his vitality was severely damaged.

 “Elder Yuan.”

Lu Changan and Master Xiuyu met with Elder Yuan who was guarding this place.

Without much exchange of pleasantries, Lu Changan and the others asked Elder Yuan about the situation of Tengling Mine.

According to Elder Yuan’s statement: On that day, the third-order formation outside the mine was breached. On the surface, it was another branch of the Tie clan that split off. In fact, there was a group of monks who were stronger and secretly helped.

That team of monks was mostly from the Ye family, one of the four major aristocratic families, who were behind the scenes.

One of the mysterious pill-forming monks just shot a flying sword from a distance and cut a gap in the formation at the critical moment.

 Afterwards, the Tieling Mine was looted and the losses were considerable.

The enemy was outnumbered and Elder Yuan was afraid of the mysterious pill-forming monk, so he could only rely on the geographical advantage to passively retreat and defend, without the ability to fight back.

“That mysterious alchemy monk, is he a sword cultivator?”

 Lu Changan couldn't help but ask.

If you are doing sword cultivation in the later stages of the alchemy process, it will be more difficult than the general major cultivation of the alchemy process.

"It's possible, but the person only took action once, so I can't be sure. It seems that he didn't bother to take action after that, otherwise Yuan may not be alive."

  Elder Yuan was still frightened when he thought about it now.

Lu Changan thought thoughtfully, this action of the Ye family was more like a test, and they did not let go.

The Ye family's pill-forming overhaul, if carried out indiscriminately, would not comply with the rules and morals of the Great Universe, and may escalate into a full-scale attack by the two Nascent Soul forces.

 After all, the Ye family’s purpose is for mineral interests, not the outbreak of sect war.

If the Yunxia Sect sends out strong Danjie players, but is still defeated in the end and cannot defend the Tengling Mine, it is inevitable that some benefits will have to be divided.

 According to usual practice, the interests of the Tengling Mine will be redistributed through negotiation.

The possibility of Nascent Soul Lords from both sides ending up personally is still very slim.

Based on Lu Changan's thinking before time travel, Nascent Soul Lord is equivalent to nuclear deterrence, mutual checks and balances, and conventional interest disputes cannot allow for a fight at this level.

 With a lifespan of thousands of years, most of those old monsters cherish their lives.

Unless it involves the survival of the Taoist system, or an opportunity like the Ancient Youdian Palace, or the hope of a further path, there will be a fight.

  …    Above the clouds two hundred miles away.

“Elder Ye has all his plans. As expected, the elixir-forming major cultivator from Yunxia Sect is Elder Xiang.”

 The short, dark-skinned old man smiled and complimented.

The dark-skinned old man’s early cultivation of pill formation was exactly the branch of the Tie family that split off, and was supported by the Ye family’s clan leader, Tie Danxin.

 Elder Ye, who looks like a middle-aged Confucian scholar, wears a turban on his head, holds a feather fan in his hand, and smiles:

"Having said that, this Elder Xiang is not easy to deal with. Just his status as a third-level top-grade puppet master is a headache."

"Haha! Since Elder Ye has made it to this point, he must have some means to deal with him. Besides, the swordsman genius from the "Tianjian Pavilion" in the southern region is definitely not something that ordinary alchemy majors can deal with."

 Tie Danxin laughed heartily and looked very convinced.

"Ye Fanchen? Hey, this guy has disappeared again."

 Elder Ye looked around and saw no one, frowning slightly.

Although Ye Fanchen's surname is Ye, he is not a direct monk of the family, but a small branch of the Ye family.

Who would have expected that Ye Fanchen, who had mediocre qualifications, would actually have amazing talent in swordsmanship. When he was traveling, he was accepted as a disciple by the elders of Tianjian Pavilion.

 Tianjian Pavilion is the dominant force in the southern region, and the first cultivator in its sect is one of the three great monks of Dayuan.

Ye Fanchen, who returned home in a low-key manner, was attracted by the Ye family and was willing to help him further his training, promising to use his beloved wife as a sword.

“Ye Shangxiu, maybe he is comprehending the art of swordsmanship…”

Tie Danxin said with a smile.

 “What did the elder call me for?”

 A lazy voice came from Jiugangtian above the two of them.

“Fanchen, Elder Xiang Dalong, the guest minister of Yunxia Sect, just arrived at Tengling Mine today. Are you sure you can deal with this person?”

 Elder Ye didn't care about this man's rudeness and asked seriously.

In the Jiugang sky where the wind was howling, a handsome-browed man with two swords on his back vaguely appeared.

“That third-level high-grade puppet master? Not sure.”

 Ye Fanchen shook his head and told the truth.

A third-level high-grade puppet master who is also a major cultivator of alchemy. Who knows how many third-level puppets there are.

  If there are third-level high-grade puppets, it is equivalent to two against one.

 “If you don’t have to deal with their puppet tactics…”

Elder Ye said with a smile.

 “Then leave it to me.”

 Ye Fanchen said without thinking.

He comes from the top sword cultivator force in Dayuan. He went out to practice. During the mission, he found that the core-forming Daxiu cultivator of the same realm was vulnerable to a blow.

 Even if it is a major cultivation of the Ye family of Daeyu Kingdom, it cannot last even half a moment in his hands.

 …

 A few days later, Yinzhu Pavilion.

 Lu Changan and Elder Yuan completed the handover, and the latter returned to the clan to recuperate.

Lu Changan became the top person in charge of Tengling Mine.

Xiu Yuzhenren serves as his deputy.

In addition, there is an old man guarding the mountain in the early stage of Zhendan in the mine.

Zhenren Xiuyu is the female disciple of Zhenren Zixia. She has a special status. In addition to assisting Lu Changan, she also has a certain supervisory role.

Zhenren Xiuyu originally thought that Elder Xiang, an ascetic monk, would be more conservative, at best conservative.

Unexpectedly, after Lu Changan took power, he launched a "clearance and rectification" operation against the Tengling Mine for half a month.

On the first day of the operation, the puppet controlled by Lu Changan uncovered the inner ghost of a handyman disciple.

That handyman disciple turned out to be a fake alchemist disguised as a real person. After being discovered, he could not defend himself and was captured alive on the spot.

This is just the first step in Elder Xiang’s resolute action.

In the subsequent investigation, two more insiders were traced out by the Yunxia Sect, and they turned out to be from different surrounding forces.

In addition to checking the internal agents, Lu Changan also issued an order that no living insects or birds were allowed to be seen in the entire hinterland of the Tengling Mountain mining area, let alone larger living animals.

 Once seen, they will be killed without mercy.

The reason is that Lu Changan's spiritual consciousness discovered strange insects and birds, sneaked into Tieling Mountain, and was controlled by an immortal cultivator who was good at controlling beasts.

For this reason, Lu Changan punished the law enforcement monks in the mine as a warning to others.

 “We must first stabilize the soil outside the country!”

Lu Changan implements his own ideas from top to bottom.

 First, turn the Tengling Mine into an iron barrel to stabilize the internal situation.

Under this slogan, after eradicating the insiders, Lu Changan began to audit the accounts and investigate corruption in the mine.

This time, the middle and high-level monks in the mine were frightened.

 Tengling Mine, with such a huge profit, how many of the incumbents have never been greedy?

 Fortunately, Lu Changan stopped.

Only focused on two key points and handed them over to the Sect Law Enforcement Hall as a deterrent, without conducting a more in-depth and comprehensive investigation.

 Otherwise, certain factions within the Yunxia Sect will be implicated.

“Elder Xiang has some tricks. In just half a month, he has established great dignity in Tengling Mine.”

Master Xiuyu saw this in his eyes and nodded secretly.

 The world is afraid of power but not virtue, and the same is true for monks.

Although the title of the Great Cultivator of the Alchemy is admired, if he is a good old man and an ascetic monk, the monks below him will also be cunning and lack the ability to execute.

 …

On this day, Lu Changan met with the Tie clan leader at Yinzhu Pavilion.

The Tie family affiliated with Yunxia Sect has been suppressed to a certain extent, and the clan leader with the highest cultivation level is only a fake alchemy cultivation level.

The Tengling Mine was first discovered by the Tie clan. Unfortunately, the high-grade third-level spiritual mine and the huge profits cannot be controlled by an ordinary family.

If it is an evil force, it may be possible to kill the whole family.

Although the Yunxia Sect did not do this, it made the Tie family a puppet-like subsidiary family.

 “Thank you, Elder Xiang, for holding your hand high.”

“This is my sincere filial piety on behalf of the monks in the mine.”

The leader of the Iron clan is named Tie Jing. He is a dark-skinned, bald man who is good at rough processing and smelting ore.

 After saying that, Tie Jing placed a storage bag on the table respectfully.

 “Be self-disciplined and self-reflective in the future, and you won’t be like this again!”

Lu Changan glanced at Xian and waved him away.

Tiejing bowed his head and exited Yinzhu Pavilion as if he had received a general amnesty.

　　唰!

Lu Changan took the storage bag in and after counting it, a smile appeared on his face.

 The storage bag is of sufficient size, contains many third-level fine ores, and is of a type suitable for making puppets.

Tiejing is just a fake Danzhenren. Even if his family has a share of the mine, he doesn't have such skill.

This filial piety is not due to Tie Jing alone, but to the collective interests represented by several forces in such a large mine.

 “Tsk, tsk, being in charge of the mine is a bad job.”

“Senior Sister Zixia’s arrangement is a different kind of reward, allowing me to do my best.”

Chancellor Lu felt at ease and accepted this generous tribute, and the material progress of the puppet army formation was greatly improved.

 As for completely eradicating corruption? That is unrealistic.

Even if Lu Changan has a transcendent status and crushes everything in the mine, he doesn't want to do a thankless thing.

Who knows whether there are sect leaders, supreme elders, or even descendants of the previous Yuanying True Lord behind these interest groups.

Lu Changan accepted the bribe and probably couldn’t hide it from Master Xiuyu, but he wasn’t worried at all.

 In the first place, Master Xiuyu also had a filial piety.

 Furthermore, he is not afraid that True Lord Yunxia will know about it, and it would be a bad thing if he leaves some loopholes to the superiors and does not see them.

 …

 After purging and reorganizing, Lu Changan established his authority in Tengling Mine.

Lu Changan did not touch the stolen money collected from the typical corrupt person he found.

 This stolen money was used to strengthen the formation of the mine and improve everyone's safety, which won high praise.

To Lu Changan's surprise, the Ye family and the Tie family, another lineage they supported, were left to their own devices without taking any action.

It seems that the Ye family was afraid of Xiang Dalong's name and began to hold back.

“He is worthy of being a puppet master, with powerful spiritual consciousness and keen senses. Ninety percent of the handwriting we left inside the Tieling Mine was removed in just half a month…”

Hundreds of miles away among the clouds, Elder Ye had a smile on his lips, still looking like he had a chance to win.

 (End of this chapter)